This tenth edition ofEssentials of Geologyoffers completely updated material and an extensively revised design, yet retains the hallmarks instructors have come to expect from Lutgens and Tarbuck - a student-friendly writing style, outstanding illustrations by Dennis Tasa that are both geologically accurate and visually appealing, and updated coverage of the most recent geologic events.

Preface

1 An Introduction to Geology

2 Minerals: Building Blocks of Rocks

3 Igneous Rocks

4 Volcanoes and Other Igneous Activity

5 Weathering and Soils

6 Sedimentary Rocks

7 Metamorphic Rocks

8 Mass Wasting: The Work of Gravity

9 Running Water

10 Groundwater

11 Glaciers and Glaciation

12 Deserts and Wind

13 Shorelines

14 Earthquakes and Earthrsquo;s Interior

15 Plate Tectonics: A Scientific Theory Unfolds

16 Origin and Evolution of the Ocean Floor

17 Crustal Deformation and Mountain Building

18 Geologic Time

19 Earthrsquo;s Evolution through Geologic Time Appendix A Metric and English Units Compared Appendix B Topographic Maps Appendix C Landforms of the Conterminous United States Glossary Index

This tenth edition ofEssentials of Geologyoffers completely updated material and an extensively revised design, yet retains the hallmarks instructors have come to expect from Lutgens and Tarbuck - a student-friendly writing style, outstanding illustrations by Dennis Tasa that are both geologically accurate and visually appealing, and updated coverage of the most recent geologic events.

Table of Contents

Preface

1 An Introduction to Geology

2 Minerals: Building Blocks of Rocks

3 Igneous Rocks

4 Volcanoes and Other Igneous Activity

5 Weathering and Soils

6 Sedimentary Rocks

7 Metamorphic Rocks

8 Mass Wasting: The Work of Gravity

9 Running Water

10 Groundwater

11 Glaciers and Glaciation

12 Deserts and Wind

13 Shorelines

14 Earthquakes and Earthrsquo;s Interior

15 Plate Tectonics: A Scientific Theory Unfolds

16 Origin and Evolution of the Ocean Floor

17 Crustal Deformation and Mountain Building

18 Geologic Time

19 Earthrsquo;s Evolution through Geologic Time Appendix A Metric and English Units Compared Appendix B Topographic Maps Appendix C Landforms of the Conterminous United States Glossary Index